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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

A Disastrous Fire in Chicago Early This
Morning-Seven Persons Lose Their
Lives.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 29.-At 2:40 this
morning fire was discovered in the bak-
cry of Chris Heffen, at 1855 Archer Ave-
nue., three-story and basement brick
tenement. For time the fire smoul-
dered and nothing serious was thought.
of it. Shortly after O'Clock it was dis
covered that number Of people living
in the building were either dead or
flame. The fremen and police
hurried into the building and
soon began bearing out unconscious
bodies until eleven people had been re-
moved. Then it was found that Maria
Trugo, aged years was dead. The list
of the injured is as follows; Nelson
Trugo, Adele Trugo, Nelson Trugo. Jr.,
aged - years; Della Trugo aged 9 years;
Eliza Trugo, Joseph Trugo, aged 10
years; Mr.. Bonner, Mrs. Bon
ner, Philip Bonner aged 7
years, and an unknown girl.
Mrs. Trugo and Mrs. Bonner and three
others will die. The fire started in Hef-
lens bake shop in the basement and
was caused by q pot of boiling lard be-
ing upset. Hefen and his family occu-
E)lcu GuC SCCOAO DuO IlIcE al C6~
capped in safety. The unfortunate Trugo
family resided on the floor above in the
rear. while the Boomers live on the top
floor. The four surviving Trugo chill
dran were badly suffocated. Their re-
covery is doubtful.
Nelson Trugo attempted to lower his
wife and 2-year-old baby out Of the sec
ond story window, but the rope was too
snort and the woman and child hung
suspended in midair surrounded by the
flames. Capt G wan, of truck 81, see
ing their powerless position, rushed up
a ladder and attempted to res
cue them, but a sudden out
burst of smoke enveloped them, and the
captain, woman and child fell in the
flames below. Willing hands dragged
them out and the captain was found to
be terribly burned about the face, hands
and feet. He also inhaled large guam
tity of hot air and is thought to
be fatally injured. The mother was so
badly burned that she succumbed to her
injuries few minutes later A girl
named Drew, aged IS, who boarded with
the Trugo family, was carried down
stairs by the fremen. She is badly in
jured but will recover. A pot of grease
boiling over on a stove was the cause of
the fire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

Three men were killed at Bertran.
Tex., on the 9th, by lightning from a
clear sky.
Tom Bear, an eccentric millionaire,
died at Bonham, Tex, aged TO-
Cincinnati and Memphis have invited
the President to visit those cities.
The accounts of Disbursing Officer
Yeatman, of the War Department, have
been found to be correct.
Dan Conroy, a well-known New York
livery stable proprietor, dropped dead
sailed from Liverpool Monday.
Charles Read, the Chicago lawyer who
defended Cutie tu, was forbidden to en-
ter Reich's hotel at Jersey City, where
he is suspected of robbing the money
drawer.
A delegation from Lynchburg, Va,
headed Ex-senator Daniel, called on the
Presid and invited him to attend the
state fair at Lynchburg in October. The
President promised to consider the ia
yitatiOn.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Thousands Starving.

The American board of commissioners
for foreign missions received a cable
gram on the 30th from the treasurer of
the famine relief fund at Constantinople,
saying: 5000 people at Adana have
nothing to eat Number increasing.
Other towns asking help" Adana is
the center Of the Cilician plain, ordi-
narily so fertile, but this year absolutely
barren on account of drouth. A little
over 81 900 has already been contributed
in this country for the relief of starving
people. Further contributions may be
forwarded to Landgon S. Ward, l Somer-
set Street, Boston. Gifts can he sent by
telegraph, SO that in three days they
will buy bread.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
THEY TOOK NO CHANCES.
Belfast Detectives Suspect Mr.. Collins of
Being Dynamiter.

Being Dynamiter.
BELFAST, July 28.-A sensation was
created here to day in consequence of
the publication in several newspapers of
reports that Patrick A. Collins, of Boston,
Mass, and his entire party, had
been arrested by the govern
ment on their arrival from Glasgow
There was, however, no truth in the re-
ports as published, and but slight
grounds for their invention. The facts
are, that when Mr.. Collins and his party
reached Belfast, they were de-
tanned in the custom house with
much tormality and their baggage
subjected to rigid examination. Every
parcel of it was unpacked and infinitely
examined. Even the smallest hand
bag carried was opened and upset.
When the trunks were emptied, the
bottoms and sides were all sound
ed for the purpose of as"
certaining whether they contained
secret chambers for smuggling goods or
dynamite. What made ali this the
more exasperating TO the travellers wa
the fact the work was done by the de-
tectives and not by the regular custor
officials. Mr.. Collins was manifestl,
astounded and irritated at the treat
ment to which he was subjected.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
TO AID OLD IRELAND.
Chicago CeIts Form an Association to
Combat Coercion.

CHICAGO, Ill, July 28.-Ata large meet
ing of prominent local Irishmen last
night, new association was formed 10
be known as the Anti Coercion Associa-
ton, and the objects of the same were
declared to be "to aid the
people of Ireland in their efforts to win
selfgovernment; to render moral and
financial support to the Irish National
League in Ireland, and to organize and
vicinity SO as to make their efforts in be-
half of Ireland more effective and con-
ducive to the welfare of the National
cause" Resolutions were adopted de-
nouncing the coercion law and calling
for it's repeal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
WILL HAVE NO POOLING.
Uncle Sam Demands Fair Treatment for
His Fishermen


HALIFAX, n. S., July 28.-United States
Consul George telegraphed to Consul
General Phelan, yesterday, that the col
ector at Souris, P. E. l., had refused to
allow the fourteen men captured in the
seine boats on Sunday to go home in a
fishing vessel. These men, when taken,
had only shirts and trousers Oh, and the
Charlotte Town consul thought this was
hard treatment and telegraphed here
Tor Instructions The reply of Mr..
Phelan was promptly sent, and about it's
meaning there can be no mistake. It
was to send the men home by the first
vessel sailing, be she fishing
schooner or not. The United States
man-oEwar Richmond, with Admiral
Luce on board, and the cruiser Yantic,
ard here and are placed under the con-
suPs orders. The consulgeneral in
structed Consul George that if the
slightest resistance was offered to let
him know Immediately and he would
take charge of the matter.
The American man-Of-war Ossipee,
while entering the harbor at 8 o'clock
this morning, ran ashore on Point Pleas
ant shoals and remained aground for
over an hour, at the end of which time
a steam tug succeeded in pulling her off.
Her bottom was scraped by the rocks
but it is thought that no serious damage
was done. The ship is now anchored
OFT the city. The weather at the time of
the accident was perfectly clear, the sky
being cloudless and the sole cause of
the vessels grounding was that she was
out of her proper course.
WAsrINGToN, D. c., July 28.-The sec
rotary of state has received dispatch
from Consul General Phelan, at Halifax,
saying that he is investigating the re-
cent seizures of American vessels in
Canadian waters and that he has in
structed the consul at Charlottetown to
take measurements of the sea at the
points where the seizures were made SO
as to establish the exact distance from
shore
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Shot Dead by a Contractor.

At St. Louis, at 7:30 o'clock on the
morning of the 29th, James G. Flynn, a
well-known contractor, shot and killed
Patrick Smith. at the corner of Garfield
and Taylor Avenues. Smith had been
instructed to haul away pile Of rocks
that lay in front of block of houses
that Flynn was building. The lat
ter claimed the rocks and would
not allow Smith to take them,
when Flynn interfered with Smith, he
approached Flynn with a pick in hand
in menacng manner. Flynn was
warned Smith to desist. This Infatuated
Smith and he made a savage attack,
when Flynn shot him through the breast
Flynn is an Odd Fellow and prominent
In several societies. He was arrested.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
LAY IT TO HERR MOST.
Tire Sensational Charge Made by Insur-
ssnee Men-Big Fires Due to Anarchism.

Tire Sensational Charge Made by Insur-
anee Men-Big Fires Due to Anarchism-
New YORK, July 2S.-The Tribune of
to-day says that at the Office of firm
of Well-known insurance brokers it is
said that the past SIX months had been
the most disastrous in the fire record of
any like period, save, of course, in that
embracing the Chicago and Boston fires.
So far as had been learned, only two COM
panies had made money in that six
months. The matter has been discussed
in every office and in every association
of underwriters. There is one striking
phase of this matter which has come to
the fore prominently in few days, and
that is the relation of Herr Most and
his SympathlZerS TO many of those
fires. AS indicative of the extent to
which insurance companies are being
reused to this question, it is only nee
essary to call attention to special
meeting of the New York Board of
Underwriters held yesterday to discuss
this very subject and adopt ways and
means to meet the emergency. Herr
Most's book bearing on the subject of
agents WAS considered at length espe-
cially his claim that many recent fires
were due to their use. Copies of news
papers, the book itself and all available
information upon the point were a week
before handed over to the committee on
police and the origin of fires with in
structi ms to make a thorough investiga-
ton OF the matter and report upon some
plan which would check, if posi-
BILE, the great increase in the
number of fires which were undoubted-
ly incendiary. On this point member
of the board said yesterday: John
Most has become factor in the subject
of fire insurance. Our civilization has
come to pretty pass when such red
mouthed, ranting Anarchists ut
terances have to be considered
by fire insurance companies, and means
devised to abate their ban eful effects.
There is some means of reaching this
man and what the law can do will soon
be tried. He openly boasts in his book
that recent fires are some of them at
least due to the Anarchists. Whether
true or not his utterances have their
effect"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Kershaw's Affairs.

The long-looked-for statement Of the
affairs of the defunct clique house ofC. j.
kershaw & Co. was given to the public
at Chicago on the Both, and shows that
liabilities aggregate S1,SOO,000, their
gross assets 81, 10000 including 81 $780,
900 due from Wiltshire, Ecket & Co. and
other Cincinnati parties. This leaves
assets outside of the Cincinnati parties
of only S260,OO0 What will be realized
from the Cincinnati claims Receiver
Weare is unable to state until he makes
his report to the court, when he will be
able to give a definite statement of what
the firm can pay. The Cincinnati claims
are regarded by many creditors as worth
10 TO 20 cents on the dollar, while others
place the estimates higher.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS
Houses in Pennsylvania Towns Washed
Away or Submerged.

There were severe thunder storms and
heavy rains at various places in the
Eastern and Middle states on the 9th,
and much damage was done to property
bv lightning and floods, and number
of persons were severeiv injured by
electric bolts. Heavy rains die immense
damage at the Falls of Schuylkill mare
Philadelphia. The water rushed down
the billy streets, roaring stream
six feet deep poured down Mifin
Street. On MANY streets the
lower floors of houses were submerged
Many properties are more or less dam
aged. and the loss, it is thought, will
reach over 800, 900. At Manayunk the
streets were washed out and houses and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
WENT THROUGH A BRIDGE.
An Engine Goes Into q River and Kills
Two Men,

Two Men.
P1rTsBURG, Pa, July 28.-At an early
hour this morning while engine 5l7, at
tached to mixed freight train.
was passing over the Mt.
Savage bridge a few miles
west of Cumberland, Md, on the Pitts
burg Division of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, the structure gave way. The
engine and several cars were precipi-
tated into the stream, which had
been swollen by waterspout that
occurred at the headwaters. Engineer
William Driscoll and Fireman William
Payne were instantly killed. Their
bodies are still under the wreck.
A brakeman. whose name was
not learned, was severely in
jured. The passenger trains were
all delayed by the accident. The piers
of the bridge had been damaged by the
sudden rise in the stream which caused
the structure to give way under the
weight of the locomotive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

mills were flooded At Reading, Pa
the storm was the severest known in the
vicinity. The total damage done to rail-
road and private property within radi-
us of twenty-five miles of the city
amounts to fully 100000. At Coalesyille,
the breast of the borough water works
was washed away and the water striking
the Pennsylvania Railroad washed the
track away for a great distance. Farm
land is submerged and many small farm
buildings have capsized
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Preferred Trial in Canada.

At Chicago, on the 2Sth after eleven
Jurors had been drawn to try Alphonse
Parent, the Canadian bank defaulter,
he concluded to return to the dominion
and there stand his trial. The case was
stricken from the docket and Parent
left for Montreal. An attempt
was to have been made to convict Par
ent on the ground that, contrary to" an
old Illinois statute, he brought stolen
money to the state 1t would have been
necessary to prove that the money
brought here was the identical coin and
bills that were stolen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
No Alimony for the First Mrs. Storey

Judge Moran, in the Chicago appellate
court, rendered an important decision
on the 9th, in one phase of the Wilbur
F. Storey litigation. Mrs. Maria P.
Storey, Mr.. Storey's first wife, procured
a decree of So 600 alimony per annum so
long as she remained unmarried. That
was the wording and extent of the de-
cree. 1t was paid to her up to the death
of Mr.. Storey, when Judge Tuley stop
ped it on application of Mrs. Eureka G..
Storey, the widow, holding that the de-
cree did not bind Mr.. Storey's heir, after
his death. Mrs Maria P. Storey ap-
pealed and the appellate court affirmed
the decision of Judge Tuley.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
HIS ACCOUNTS axe STRAIGHT.
Report on the Books of the Disbursing
Agent of the Interior Department..

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 29.-The
committee from the office of the first
comptroller of the treasury, appointed
to examine the accounts of George
w. Evans, financial and dis
bursting officer of the de-
partment of the interior, has completed
its work and made it's report to the Sec
rotary. The examination covers the
period between May !, 1888, the date of
Mr.. Evans appointment, and July IS,
1887. The report shows that the
disbursements of the office for
that period aggregated ST.
754.363. 43, every cent of which is ac-
counted for. The accounts of all the
other disbursing agents of the Interior
Department, aggregating about ST. ,O0O,-
900 yearly, are also kept by Mr.. Evans,
and were shown to be absolutely cor
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Fifteen Men Killed.

On the afternoon of the 9th, Chica-
90 Il Alton train ran down gang of men
who were engaged in extinguishing a
fire on a bridge near Hopedale
I'll. A construction train which
was on the track was badly wrecked and
fifteen men killed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
A Quiet Divorce.

A social sensation was created at
Springfield. Mo-, on the Goth, by the
granting of a divorce to Mrs. Sarah H.
O'Day, wife Of John O'Day. They had
been married twenty three years, and
the husbands property is rated at
$1,0OO,0OO. The conditions of the decree
were $4,000 alimony, homestead prop
erty valued at $1,000, and the custody
of the youngest child. The decree of
and all parties appeared thoroughly sat
listed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Crimes.

A colored murderer named Geo Evans
was taken from the Jail at Greenwood,
Miss, by mob of his own race and
hanged.
Joseph Neave, a farmer near Fall
mouth, O., was shot dead on the 9th,
by his son, who is likely to be lynched.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Storm in the Northwest.

A severe rain, hail and wind storm
on the night of the 25th did great dam
age in Dakota and Minnesota. Many
dwellings were destroyed or damaged
and the crops badly injured. At Rapid
City, DIT, hail covered the ground to the
depth of four inches and did damage to
the extent of $4,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Heavy Failure in Texas.

Attachments to the amount of $115,-
sos have been run on the cattle firms of
Curtiss & Atkinson and F. F. & W.
Inardof, Henrietta, Texas. Their liabil-
ities are $500, 900 and assets 81, 5000.
The Henrietta national bank with cap
ital stock of $i5O,OOO and deposits of
49,, 900, closed it doors at noon on the
18th. The cause of the failure is the de-
pressed condition Of the cattle. market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Vandalism by Strikers.

Unknown persons entered the weaver
room of the large cotton mill of the
Manville Company at Manville, r. l., on
the night of the 18th, and by running a
knife along the tops of the rolls. ruined
some 5000 yards of fancy goods on the
looms. The mill was recently the scene
of a WeaVers' strike.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
He Got There. just the Same.

A dispatch from Sarnia, Ont, of the
31st states that McGarigle, the escaped
Chicago boodler is safe on the Canada
side, having landed at Point Edwards
that morning, and proceeded at once to
Sarnia. He was taken ashore in an open
boat from the schooner Blake, on which
he was supposed to have lett Chicago,
while American detectives were plan
ming to capture him. The captain of the
Blake, however, denies, that he had Nc
Garigle as passenger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Hot Weather Causes an Egg Famine.

The hot spell has had a remarkable
effect on the egg supply of New York,
and thousands of barrels have been
spoiled by being Matched on the road or
in the nest before being packed. The
head of one of the largest egg houses
saws that of 1000 barrels received in
twenty-four hours not 500 were good,
while some lots of hundred cases or
more sent by express were total loss
IF it were not for the eggs that we're
placed in cold storage month ago the
market would be stripped. Strictly fresh
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Blind Toms Case Settled

The long continued litigation over
Blind Tom, the pianist, is at last set
tied. By decision of the United States
court at BALTIMORE, his manager, James
s. Bethune, is ordered to deliver his
charge into the care of representative
of his mother and to pay over to her
the sum of 1000 for past services.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
National Prohibition Convention.

The National Prohibition party has
called meeting of it's national commit
tee in Chicago, November Is, to fix the
time and place of its national conven-
ton November II. A general confer
ence of Prohibitionists will be held in
Chicago for suggestions and consultation,
and an invitation is extended to the
members of the party to be present.
The call is signed by John b. Finch
chairman
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
To he Given the G.. A. II.

Joseph w. Drexel, the new York
banker, has offered to present to the
Grand Army or the United States the
cottage on Mt McGregor, in which Gen.
Grant spent his last hours. 1t is proba-
bic the gift will be accepted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Four Little Girls Drowned.

Katie Callahan, Della Walsh, Matte
Heating, Maggie Toomy and Lucy Gala
han went in bathing on the Goth in the
Concord river at North Billerica. The
current carried them beyond their depth
and the first four named were drowned
Lucy Callahan being alone saved. The
girls ages ranged from II to IA years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
GETTING BACK HIS HEALTH.

Prince Frederick William Said to be in
Fair Way to Recover.
BERLIN, July 27.-Reports On the con-
dition OF Crown Prince Frederick Will
lam are to the effect that he is progress
ing rapidly. He has no difficulty in
speaking, but his physicians advise him
to exercise care. Possibly Prof Virchow
will be summoned to London for con-
sultation. The professor will deliver a
lecture before the medical society to-
day on the Crown Princes complaint.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Judgment Against the Fidelity Bank

The Bank Of Montreal recovered
Judgment for 100000 in Judge Gary's
court, Chicago, on the 2Sth, against the
embarrassed Fidelity National Bank of
Cincinnati on attachment proceedings
instituted against the embarrassed bank
just after the arrest of Harper and its
other officers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Four Persons Killed

A covered wagon was run into by a
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Ridgewood station, Pa, on the 2Sth, and
four persons were killed. They were
Miss Amanda Fritz, aged 80; Hettie
Fritz and. her two children. aged
eighteen months and three months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03

At Granville, s. c., Virginia Hudson,
aged years, a negro child. was jailed
on the 25th for murder. She killed a
child / year old in Butler Township and
then threw the body in a well. She
struck her victim over the head with a
board till it was dead.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
HEAVY LIBERAL GAINS.
Satisfactory Showing in a Recent Pariia-
mentary Election

mentary Election
LONDON, July 30.-The parliamentary
election to fill the vacancy in the Forest
of Dean, Division of Glouoestershire,
caused by the retirement of Thomas
Blake, Home Ruler, has resulted in a
large increase in the Liberal vote, Mr..
Samuelson, the Liberal candidate,
defeating Wyndham, Conservative, by
a vote of 1926 to 2,736. In
the last election the district was carried
by Mr.. Blake over F. Y. Lucas, Liberal
Unionist, by a majority of l,4o7, the to-
tai vote being 6,237 The Liberals now
carry it by majority of 1850 in total
vote of 1922, the Liberals increasing
their poll 645 votes. A prominent poll
tician pointing to the election says: ut
shows that the Liberal Unionists are re-
turning to their allegiance"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Not So Many Knights as Expected

The annual picnic of District Assem-
bly,, 40, Knights of Labor. at Coney Isl
and, on the 25th, was not SO successful
as had been expected. Instead of 10000
narticipants. as it was thought there
would be. only 1000 put in an appear
ance. General Master Workman Pow
derly. who was announced to speak. was
not present. The Rev. DIR. McGlynn
and Henry George were there and were
received very warmly.